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In most cases, we can help our customers achieve great sound deadening results by simply replacing the existing glass within the window frame with a custom combination of laminated glass to replace the original glass that came with the window. Laminated glass is made with two pieces of regular glass that are sealed together with a clear vinyl interlayer.
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FCR Spotlight: Katharine Smith
FCR School Readiness Training Manager, Katharine Smith, is a Durham native that joined the organization in 2019 and is based at the Seminary site.
Tell us about your role?
"I support and encourage teachers by giving them what they need so they can be their best with the children and parents of FCR and so by supporting them I can make a difference as well, when they need it, in the lives of children and families". She adds that she loves connecting with the parents and connecting in a way that they may feel encouraged, uplifted and not judged. She is a great advocate of two generational work with families and is excited to do more work with the Mom's and caregivers to support their needs.
Katharine is passionate about her work and stated "You can't run away from your purpose" to describe her work in the Early Childhood Education space. She has been an instructor at NCCU, an Adjunct Instructor at Durham Tech, a mentor to many and has taught many current and past Head Start staff and administrators. In 2010 she was recognized not only by the Durham Partnership for Children "Champion for Young Children Award but also was highlighted in The Triangle Tribune for her proactive approach to making a difference. She is also a Legacy Honoree for Early Childcare Providers of the Laurence and Artelia Perry Scholarship Fund.
What brought you to FCR?
"I had always been interested in the Head Start model and the population served. After serving as ED at First Presbyterian Day School for 15 years, I looked forward to embracing the holistic philosophy of the Head Start Early Education model and was inspired by the work of Mr. Terry David and how he developed and grew the CHTOP program."
Katharine is a Summa Cum Laude graduate of NCCU with dual degrees in Political Science and Criminal Justice. She also received her MS from NCCU in Child Development.
Katharine's diverse work and community background includes previous work as a Police Officer, Criminal Investigator and a Fire Fighter. She was an athlete that went to the Olympics for Track and Field and trained under Coach Walker and also worked with the students at Durham School of the Arts where she was the volleyball Coach.
Katharine and her husband of 39 years, Ron, reside in Durham and have 3 adult children and one granddaughter, Reagan.
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In the world of aftermarket motorcycle parts, there are a few manufacturers who stand out in the current custom scene as the cream of the crop. The design and quality of their parts are top notch and for a workshop or homebuilder who is looking for the ultimate accessories to complement their custom creations, these are the brands they turn to. One such brand is Italian manufacturer Rizoma and their parts range offers some of the best looking indicators, mirrors and dress up parts around. At the EICMA show last weekend Rizoma unveiled a series of parts aimed at owners of the new Ducati Scrambler who want to transform their bike into a bonafide Cafe Racer.
The '21010 HELL' bike by Rizoma (shown here) was unveiled at EICMA in Milan to showcase their Cafe Racer conversion parts for the Ducati Scrambler. Using a base model 'Icon' Scrambler the Rizoma design team have created a series of lightweight, milled and pressed alloy parts that can be bolted straight to a factory bike.The full set of parts for the 21010 HELL consists of around 20 pieces which, when applied will dramatically transform the Scramblers appearance.
The parts available in the Rizoma Scrambler range include light weight, TUV approved Clip-on bars and rear set footpegs. Desmo 'L' timing belt covers machined from billet aluminium that feature view windows to expose the inner workings. A completely redesigned alloy airbox cover that weighs only 1.1kg and features a floating 803 decal.
You'll also find new grips and levers and a collection of bare alloy dress up parts to give your Scrambler that raw look. You can ditch the standard plastic guards and add alloy front and rear fenders, there's a larger, bikini style headlight fairing, alloy fork tube guards, radiator and oil cooler covers and chain and sprocket guards.
The best thing about this range is that you can use as many or as few of them as you like. All of the parts are available for purchase individually and prices range from €30 to €700 per item. Builders can also choose from an assortment of indicator and mirror options from Rizoma's huge range to suit their individual taste.


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Q: Months list between 2 dates in Laravel Carbon I am a beginner in Laravel. I have Laravel 5.8 in my project.
I have 2 dates: 2019-01-01 and 2019-10-14.
I would like to display a list of months with information on the number of days a given month has.
How to do it?
$period = CarbonPeriod::create('2019-01-01', '2019-10-14');

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And what's next?

A: month() function will set the unit interval for the period object, which is month for your case.
$period = CarbonPeriod::create('2019-01-01', '2019-10-14')->month();

$months = collect($period)->map(function (Carbon $date) {
    return [
        'month' => $date->month,
        'name' => $date->monthName,
        'days' => $date->daysInMonth,
    ];
});

A: $period = CarbonPeriod::create('2019-01-01', '2019-10-14')->month();
$months = collect($period)->map(function (Carbon $date) {
   return  $date->monthName;
})->toArray();

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Telogis powers over 350,000 mobile devices and its software products and services are used and distributed in over 40 countries worldwide.
Telogis has acquired Darby Corporate Solutions' (DCS) GPS fleet tracking business. Darby Corporate Solutions is based in Jericho, New York.
Telogis helps fleet managers improve productivity and reduce operating costs through secure, remote access to real-time GPS vehicle and driver information, as well as providing dispatch and route optimization and handheld products for fleet optimization. Telogis also provides geospatial software through GeoBase, a sophisticated mapping engine and geospatial platform. Features include rich and detailed maps, navigation, geocoding, reverse geocoding and route optimization.


You can use the iPad and iPhone reminders app to remind you to do everything from closing your garage door before you leave the house, to reminding you to get that gallon of milk the next time you head out to the grocery store! I will show you quickly, how to use the reminders app on your iPad or iPhone.
In order to set up a list on your iPad or iPhone first open the reminders app, next click on new list, from here you can name your list and also choose a color for the tab as well. For this example, I'm going to name this my "Grocery list". After you name your list and select a color for the tab, select done.
It's really just that simple to set up a list to remind you of almost anything and when you combine this feature along with Siri, you'll soon be using your iPad or iPhone like a pro!
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package io.grpc.internal;

import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.doAnswer;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;

import io.grpc.CallOptions;
import io.grpc.ChannelLogger;
import io.grpc.ClientStreamTracer;
import io.grpc.InternalLogId;
import io.grpc.LoadBalancer.PickResult;
import io.grpc.LoadBalancer.PickSubchannelArgs;
import io.grpc.LoadBalancer.Subchannel;
import io.grpc.LoadBalancer.SubchannelPicker;
import io.grpc.LoadBalancerProvider;
import io.grpc.Metadata;
import io.grpc.MethodDescriptor;
import java.net.SocketAddress;
import java.util.concurrent.BlockingQueue;
import java.util.concurrent.LinkedBlockingQueue;
import javax.annotation.Nullable;
import org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers;
import org.mockito.invocation.InvocationOnMock;
import org.mockito.stubbing.Answer;

/**
 * Common utility methods for tests.
 */
public final class TestUtils {

  /** Base class for a standard LoadBalancerProvider implementation. */
  public abstract static class StandardLoadBalancerProvider extends LoadBalancerProvider {
    private final String policyName;

    protected StandardLoadBalancerProvider(String policyName) {
      this.policyName = policyName;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean isAvailable() {
      return true;
    }

    @Override
    public int getPriority() {
      return 5;
    }

    @Override
    public final String getPolicyName() {
      return policyName;
    }
  }

  /** Creates a {@link SubchannelPicker} that returns the given {@link Subchannel} on every pick. */
  public static SubchannelPicker pickerOf(final Subchannel subchannel) {
    return new SubchannelPicker() {
      @Override
      public PickResult pickSubchannel(PickSubchannelArgs args) {
        return PickResult.withSubchannel(subchannel);
      }
    };
  }

  static class MockClientTransportInfo {
    /**
     * A mock transport created by the mock transport factory.
     */
    final ConnectionClientTransport transport;

    /**
     * The listener passed to the start() of the mock transport.
     */
    final ManagedClientTransport.Listener listener;

    MockClientTransportInfo(ConnectionClientTransport transport,
        ManagedClientTransport.Listener listener) {
      this.transport = transport;
      this.listener = listener;
    }
  }

  /**
   * Stub the given mock {@link ClientTransportFactory} by returning mock
   * {@link ManagedClientTransport}s which saves their listeners along with them. This method
   * returns a list of {@link MockClientTransportInfo}, each of which is a started mock transport
   * and its listener.
   */
  static BlockingQueue<MockClientTransportInfo> captureTransports(
      ClientTransportFactory mockTransportFactory) {
    return captureTransports(mockTransportFactory, null);
  }

  static BlockingQueue<MockClientTransportInfo> captureTransports(
      ClientTransportFactory mockTransportFactory, @Nullable final Runnable startRunnable) {
    final BlockingQueue<MockClientTransportInfo> captor =
        new LinkedBlockingQueue<>();

    doAnswer(new Answer<ConnectionClientTransport>() {
      @Override
      public ConnectionClientTransport answer(InvocationOnMock invocation) throws Throwable {
        final ConnectionClientTransport mockTransport = mock(ConnectionClientTransport.class);
        when(mockTransport.getLogId())
            .thenReturn(InternalLogId.allocate("mocktransport", /*details=*/ null));
        when(mockTransport.newStream(
                any(MethodDescriptor.class), any(Metadata.class), any(CallOptions.class),
                ArgumentMatchers.<ClientStreamTracer[]>any()))
            .thenReturn(mock(ClientStream.class));
        // Save the listener
        doAnswer(new Answer<Runnable>() {
          @Override
          public Runnable answer(InvocationOnMock invocation) throws Throwable {
            captor.add(new MockClientTransportInfo(
                mockTransport, (ManagedClientTransport.Listener) invocation.getArguments()[0]));
            return startRunnable;
          }
        }).when(mockTransport).start(any(ManagedClientTransport.Listener.class));
        return mockTransport;
      }
    }).when(mockTransportFactory)
        .newClientTransport(
            any(SocketAddress.class),
            any(ClientTransportFactory.ClientTransportOptions.class),
            any(ChannelLogger.class));

    return captor;
  }

  private TestUtils() {
  }

  public static class NoopChannelLogger extends ChannelLogger {

    @Override
    public void log(ChannelLogLevel level, String message) {}

    @Override
    public void log(ChannelLogLevel level, String messageFormat, Object... args) {}
  }
}

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The stock market is at 'a crossroads' and on course for a 'reckoning' in 2019, investors say
Dion Rabouin
Yahoo Finance November 16, 2018
The current downturn in U.S. stocks could be a sign that the slowing global growth theme, which has seen economic pullbacks in China, Japan, Europe and emerging markets around the globe so far this year, is finally be coming to the United States.
The warning sign this time around may be commodities, which are sinking, led by crude oil in the midst of its worst sell-off since 2014 and now in a bear market, down more than 25%.
"There seems to be a reckoning occurring or beginning in the U.S. equity market," Wasif Latif, a portfolio manager and head of global multi-assets at USAA, told Yahoo Finance. "The rest of world is telling us that things may not be as rosy and as good in terms of the outlook and U.S. large-cap equity … has yet to catch on to that. It may be catching on now with the price action we've seen so far this November."
It's not just a glut of supply from the United States and Russia that's tanking oil prices. The market is sounding the alarm of a looming growth reversal around the world, analysts warn.
In addition to commodities prices and slower growth than in 2018, stocks will also be fighting an uphill battle against higher U.S. interest rates, a pullback in earnings for American companies, the increasing U.S. debt and annual budget deficits as well as complacency from equity investors.
"I think U.S. markets really are at a crossroads," said John Linehan, chief investment officer, equity, at T Rowe Price, during a briefing this week in New York. "There are very significant reasons to be confident about the market but some real reasons to see that there's some risks that pose a very clear and present danger."
Where does the market head next? (Flickr / Carsten Tolkmit)
Linehan predicts that as the Federal Reserve continues to raise U.S. overnight interest rates, currently at 2.00% – 2.25%, more money will move out of stocks and into bonds. He also worries that investors who have nearly a decade of experience but have never seen a bear market will panic once stocks do sink by 20%, and worsen the selloff.
This is all happening as the U.S. dollar is strengthening, making it more difficult for American companies to make money overseas and pulling down U.S. exports. A strong dollar also adds to the weakness in commodities prices, as commodities like oil, copper and gold – all of which are down notably this year – are priced in dollars.
Add to that the fact that even though the S&P 500 is still positive for 2018, much of the index, and particularly cyclical sectors like financials, industrials, energy and materials, have shown losses for the year.
"The entire message of the stock market has been one that global growth is going to weaken," said Jim Paulsen, chief investment strategist at the Leuthold Group. "The commodity market has the same message of economic weakness coming."
Adding to the uncertainty is the increasingly likelihood of an unexpected shock from the U.S. trade war with China or growing discord in Europe or rising nationalism and opposition to immigration across the world or the always volatile Middle East.
"That is my greatest concern," said Bernard Baumohl, chief global economist at The Economic Outlook Group. "What will derail the U.S. and international economy most will be one of these exogenous kind of shocks, these black swan events."
Baumohl, a renowned economist and author of the popular book, "The Secrets of Economic Indicators," says he expects investor psychology to be negative for much of next year.
While few of the economists and portfolio managers interviewed said they foresee a recession in 2019, many predicted overall slower growth for the United States and much of the world, leading to potentially negative returns for global stocks.
"U.S. growth has peaked this year and there is disappointment that we're not seeing greater growth in Europe given that short-term rates there are negative," Baumohl said. "But there are lots of other problems that Europe and China are experiencing. Investors will be aware of that, and react to it, so I suspect you will not be seeing stock markets rise anywhere near the level we saw in 2018."
Dion Rabouin is a global markets reporter for Yahoo Finance. Follow him on Twitter: @DionRabouin.
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Finding Dory (2016)
Directors: Andrew Stanton & Angus MacLane
Release Date: June 17th, 2016 (US); July 29th, 2016 (UK)
Genre: Animation; Adventure; Comedy
Starring: Ellen DeGeneres, Albert Brooks, Ed O'Neill
You know the story by now: if something is successful and breeds enjoyment, chances are that something will have a successor. Gratification, after all, is a part of life. And it's a significant part of the Hollywood experience too. When Finding Nemo director Andrew Stanton initially heard rumblings from Disney bosses about the possibility of a sequel to his 2003 underwater triumph, he balked at the prospect. But, as revealed in a 2013 interview with the Los Angeles Times, he has since had a change of heart, the director now willing to accept sequels are good for business. They pave a path for financial gratification. It's up to filmmakers like Stanton, therefore, to ensure franchise entities are built atop the correct foundations. That is, sturdy storytelling and not paper money.
Which brings us to Finding Dory, Stanton's tentatively conceived follow up to Finding Nemo and a sequel built, for the most part, atop the correct foundations. Whereas the previous outing cast Nemo (now voiced by Hayden Rolence) adrift, Finding Dory unsurprisingly sends Dory (Ellen DeGeneres) on a disorienting sprint across the ocean as she attempts to reunite with her long lost parents. Nemo's father Marlin (Albert Brooks) is again part of the rescue mission, frustrated by Dory's manic forgetfulness but caring and determined to see her safe return.
That Dory's short-term memory loss again weaves its way into the humour bulk without negligence is commendable. Stanton and co-writer Victoria Strouse carefully craft amusing sequences that can only exist as a result of Dory's amnesia — pick out any of her interactions with octopus Hank (Ed O'Neill) — but that refrain from using said amnesia as a target. The moments also work because they have us laughing alongside Dory; she recognises that in certain situations there is amusement to be drawn from her misfortune. "Don't be such a Dory, Dory," the blue-tang exclaims following a bout of forgetfulness. But being such a Dory is what endears her to us, and what helps make the film an enjoyable watch.
Nor do the writers stop short at humour; we are encouraged throughout to sympathise with Dory's predicament. The main story unfolds around a handful of flashbacks which, though repetitive in content, familiarise us with Dory's mother (Diane Keaton) and father (Eugene Levy). We know who to look out for, but for a period you do wonder whether or not Dory will recognise her family. Little happens during these splashes of the past, each snippet designed mainly to generate a sense of familial bond rather than develop our protagonist's personality. It's a decent idea that does at least propel this notion of love overriding hardship even if it doesn't stimulate much drama.
This means much of Dory's gravitas is derived not from the narrative, but from the recording studio. Ellen, her amiable voice honed over years of daytime talk show hosting, again affords Dory a wonderfully receptive sound. Let's be honest: it wouldn't take a whole lot of wayward writing to turn a forgetful, high energy former sidekick into a main character primed to get on our nerves, but Ellen's easy listening ambience ensures nothing of the sort even threatens to happen.
Now, though, to the pièce(s) de résistance: Idris Elba and Dominic West as a pair of lazy sea lions. The actors nail the grumpiness of their animated companions, immediately punctuating the screen with a Cockney arrogance that brims with devious intent. They defy the fast-talking mantra laid bare elsewhere in the film: whereas Dory, Marlin, and the rest rattle off words as if they are in a Scorsese picture, the sea lions settle for a more chilled manner. They reserve their vocal velocity for Gerald (Torbin Xan Bullock), a fellow flipper who on numerous occasions attempts to climb atop their resting rock: the duo's subsequent "Off! Off! Off!" war cry is hilarious.
The sea lions, named Fluke and Rudder for those keeping score, turn up during Marlin and Nemo's search for Dory at a marine institute. The lions are a highlight, clearly, but our time spent with Marlin and Nemo generally isn't as interesting as our time spent with Dory. (Perhaps this should not come as much of a surprise given the wild goose chase arc is essentially what we saw play out in Finding Nemo.) The marine institute does welcome more engaging action though, especially since this is the point at which the film whips out its Pixar badge, recalling the likes of Toy Story as it depicts the turbulent ingenuity evoked by a bunch of non-humans navigating a human locale.
I should note the animation itself, especially since the marine section of the film is where we really get to witness the visual prowess contained within the Pixar design ranks. Animation by nature provides a platform for unlimited imagination, but when working within a human world it can also pose something of an adaptation challenge. Getting the right balance between recognisable realism and kooky fantasy is key, as is not seeping into uncanny valley territory when promoting those imaginative tendencies — while it is crucial we see an octopus disguised as a baby in a pram, it is also imperative nobody is freaked out by the resultant visual. And while the antics are out there, the landscape itself shimmers with authenticity. The water texture is wonderful, for instance, especially when viewed from above ground.
Finding Dory is not as emotionally gripping as recent Pixar efforts — the comparison is strained, I admit, but this isn't on the level of an Inside Out. Nor is it as thematically resonant: there is a point when we arrive at the marine institute where you think the writers are about to delve into the whole Sea World saga, but that thought never gets off the ground. Moments of wit are aplenty throughout though, and while there doesn't seem to be enough story left for another adventure (unless we're talking sea lion spin-offs), Stanton and co-director Andrew MacLane have commendably rinsed just about all they can from the series. Heck, they even mould the word "carp" into a one-liner with year-best potential. Incredible.
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Author Adam (Consumed by Film)Posted on September 8, 2016 February 20, 2017 Categories 2010-19, ReviewsTags Adventure, Albert Brooks, Andrew Stanton, Angus MacLane, Animation, Comedy, Diane Keaton, Ed O'Neill, Ellen DeGeneres, Eugene Levy, Film, Finding Dory, Finding Nemo, Idris Elba, Movie, Ty Burrell8 Comments on Finding Dory (2016)
Inside Out (2015)
Director: Pete Docter
Starring: Amy Poehler, Mindy Kaling, Bill Hader, Phyllis Smith, Lewis Black
If you've spent years agonising over the possibility of a live action Numskulls film — and let's face it, who hasn't? — you're finally in luck. Inside Out takes the premise of said comic strip and imbues it with a visual vitality not always achievable on paper. But more than that, the film smartly and effectively explores the social complexities of growing up, and does so amidst a level of confidence not relayed from Pixar since Toy Story 3. One thing is absolutely certain: the creative minds behind the studio's latest imagination emporium are no numbskulls.
The film follows youngster Riley (Kaitlyn Dias), whose bright and bubbly exterior matches her consistently joyful interior. See, Joy (Amy Poehler) is Riley's overriding emotion, she having commandeered a monopoly on her host's mind since birth. A sudden shift in locale from her beloved, chilly Minnesota to an unhomely San Francisco disturbs the eleven-year-old's mental hierarchy, leaving Anger (Lewis Black), Disgust (Mindy Kaling), and Fear (Bill Hader) in charge.
As you can probably imagine, this loss of cheerful guidance sends Riley down a path of greater isolation in already isolating surroundings. Happy core memories — which power five primary islands, including Family Island and Goofball Island — are tinged with solemnity via Sadness (Phyllis Smith), whose clumsiness catapults her and Joy away from the central hub. You buy into the film's simple story, desperately urging the odd couple back to Headquarters, even if the various structural nodes take a while to fully grasp.
The inside of Riley's head assumes a life of its own, where reality has been remodelled with a rainbow-like gloss. Fittingly, we find out it's a movie studio (aptly called Dream Productions) that is responsible for the creation of dreams. With her rectangular hair and sharp glare, Riley's dream auteur resembles Scarefloor clerk Roz from Monsters, Inc. Pete Docter, who helmed Mike and Sulley's fun frightfest, also directs here and does so with incessant invention, answering questions about how the mind is constructed before we even get the chance to think them up. At one point the action calls for a dream to become a nightmare, and as such Dream Productions' feature film evolves into a horror movie starring a huge scary clown.
Inside Out often takes its visual cues from Toy Story, both materially and comically. Just as that franchise portrays Slinky, a stretch toy, in Sausage Dog form, here Anger wears a shirt and tie combo normally associated with workers who are fed up with their job and full of scorn. Anger is also the lead emotion inside Riley's father's head, a playful jab at male stereotypes; men are either grumpy, preoccupied by sports or hilariously militaristic when it comes to getting things done at the last minute. We stalk the camera during a superbly written family dinner scene as it invades the inner workings of mother and father (voiced by Diane Lane and Kyle MacLachlan), showing their respective reactions towards Riley's morose attitude.
Fear is unabashedly spontaneous, in a state of terminal alarm and never boring to watch — Bill Hader just about steals the show with his squawking audio performance. Joy glows, whereas Sadness is a murky blue colour, small and forever huddled up. Phyllis Smith's voice work as the latter channels Saturday Night Live's Debbie Downer to perfection. Disgust, obviously, carries the poise and style of a fashion expert.
Throughout we constantly weigh up whether the emotions are controlling Riley, or if it's Riley who is controlling her emotions. On occasion you can't help but give into the sprightly visual splendour and the barrage of smart gags, but even in these moments the film steers well clear of all that is routine. For adults Inside Out could be a hypothetical examination of mental illness, or simply a voyage into the psychologically transformative nature of ageing. For children it's also about growing up, only the immediacy of events on screen are sure to hit home with greater verve. The film affords young viewers an optical veracity that likely mirrors their ongoing experiences.
Pixar hasn't shied away from misfortune in the past — see the first ten minutes of Up, or the abandonment arc in Toy Story 3 — and the studio continues to respect its audience by maintaining that mature philosophy here. Joy is undoubtedly a positive influence on Riley's life, but her mistrust of Sadness is telling. The establishment of a 'Circle of Sadness' is a somewhat autocratic control mechanism thought up by Joy to restrict Riley's emotional output. Joy doesn't want her young anchor to ail, not realising the process of ailing plays a crucial role in a person's development.
Docter and co-writers Meg LeFauve and Josh Cooley champion lightheartedness in equal measure, matching seriousness with amusement: less imperative memories are tossed away at the onset of teenagehood, at which point bouts of important knowledge (US Presidents, piano skills) succumb to materiality (the perfect boyfriend). The funniest running gag, which centres on an annoying advert with a catchy theme song, is irksomely on point. This mixture of slapstick, witty and child friendly — though not childish — comedy gives the movie a peppy air. "That's it, I fold," bemoans a Jelly Bean-esque builder whose house made of cards keeps collapsing.
Long-term memory is visualised as a gigantic maze library. The filmmakers even explore abstract thought; the realisation of our overly analytical side (something writers can relate to), where notions and ideas and truths are deconstructed and subsequently flattened to the point of nothingness. It's a brilliantly incisive scene that implores us not to be too self-critical or too self-diagnostic.
The primary message throughout Inside Out is a reassuring one. Sometimes it's okay to be sad. Or angry, or fearful, or disgusted. These are feelings that will eventually subside and offer in their place a stepping stone to happiness, and to other, more complex and interesting emotions. Docter's film is rich in subtext, one of those that you should watch again and again and could pick apart all day thereafter. This warrants examination both inside and out.
Author Adam (Consumed by Film)Posted on August 3, 2015 May 30, 2016 Categories 2010-19, ReviewsTags Adventure, Amy Poehler, Animation, Bill Hader, Comedy, Diane Lane, Disney, Film, Inside Out, Kaitlyn Dias, Kyle MacLachlan, Lewis Black, Mindy Kaling, Monsters Inc, Movie, Pete Docter, Phyllis Smith, Pixar, Toy Story, Up25 Comments on Inside Out (2015)


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Down Eats: Juice Vibes in Greenville
by: Josh Birch
GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) – If you're looking for a healthy spot to get some food in between holiday parties, head over to Juice Vibes in Greenville. You'll get all the goodness and flavor without the guilt.
Juice Vibes features all natural smoothies, freshly squeezed juices, salads, and a signature item called an Acai bowl.
"It's considered a super fruit, and it's a berry that comes from the Amazon region," said co-owner Elizabeth Layman.
The Acai bowl comes with the Acai fruit, topped with your pick of two other fruits, granola and a little honey, made right here in the East.
"They have a lot of antioxidants and you can blend them with any kind of liquid you want," said Erin Tucci, a regular at Juice Vibes who loves the Acai bowls.
Juice Vibes is also pumping out a lot of freshly squeezed juices. They're packed with vitamins and antioxidants that can help with things like upset stomachs and even inflammation.
One of the best sellers is the Landshark.
"A lot of times people are scared to drink juice because it can be super overpowering with beat and carrot and they're just not used to consuming vegetables in that way, so this is a great starter juice," said Layman.
Landshark includes juiced apple, spinach, kale, cilantro, pineapple, lemon, lime and ginger.
"Any time you add lemon and lime, it just kind of brings out everything else," said WNCT's Josh Birch.
The healthy ingredients and good products is a big reason why people keep coming back for more.
"People say it's more expensive to eat healthy, but I think medical bills in the long run are more expensive if you don't take care of yourself," said Chris Smith, a regular at Juice Vibes.
To learn more about Juice Vibes, click here.
WASHINGTON (NewsNation Now) — President Donald Trump issued 73 pardons and 70 commutations early Wednesday, formally announcing the list of those granted clemency with less than 12 hours left in his four year term as President-elect Joe Biden is set to be sworn in Wednesday at noon.
Todd Boulanger – President Trump granted a full pardon to Todd Boulanger.


Legendary Queen singer Freddie Mercury was born Farrokh Bulsara in Stone Town, Zanzibar, Tanzania, and he grew up in India before moving to Middlesex, England. There, he got a job as a baggage handler for British Airways at Heathrow Airport to earn money until his music career took off.
Queen is getting new life because of the Freddie Mercury biopic Bohemian Rhapsody that came out this October. Tributes have been pouring in, from the touching to the unusual.
The latest tribute comes from British Airways. They are celebrating what would have been Freddie's 72nd birthday in partnership with the movie. The company recruited current baggage handlers to perform in Freddie's honor. It looks like the staff is having a great time hamming it up!
They wear fake mustaches and "perform" with wheeled suitcases in tow.
Other staff members and surprised travelers can't help but smile at their antics.
Baggage Manager Adam Dewey, who took part in the performance, said that he is a huge Queen fan.
Check out the amazing performance for yourself in the video below!


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Congolese Conflict Metals in Florida
There's one metal count that the U.S. is leading. And it's not a good one. Tin, tungsten, tantalum, and gold (known as "3TG") sourced from conflict regions where suppliers benefit from destitute poverty and regional violence continue to flood consumer electronics and jewelry manufacturers. And lately, a new metal has become the latest to fuel the humanitarian carnage in places like the Democratic Republic of Congo – cobalt. Why? Well, if you're reading this blog on an Apple iPhone 8, Congratulations! You're the winner of a genocidal abuse that places over 40,000 children in virtual slavery. And why? Oh, that's right, so that your lithium ion battery is a more effective power supply for your tweets about the 17 lives recently lost in Florida.
I remember the first time I had an automatic weapon in my ribs. I was walking down Avenida Central in San Jose Costa Rica in the fall of 1986. As I turned the corner to head towards the Post Office to send a letter back to the States, a careless guard was coming the opposite way with his gun barrel at my chest height. The encounter was so abrupt that neither one of us knew what to do. The M-16 hit my ribs with such force that both of us recoiled. He apologized. I acknowledged the apology and went on with my day. Little did I know that I would refer to that as "the first time I had an automatic weapon in my ribs." Several weeks later I was in the line of carelessness and in the line of fire when I was in Northern Costa Rica as the villages where I was working were intermittently visited by Nicaraguan, Sandinista, and U.S. combatants.
When I heard about the Florida school shooting, my heart broke for the parents and families of those who lost their lives. The thought of sending a loved one to school only to have them never come home is a chilling indictment on what we call modern civilization. And those in Congress and in the White House that so ardently manipulate the 2nd Amendment of the U.S. Constitution – a provision aimed at legitimizing the arming of citizens not to kill school children and teachers but to overthrow tyrannical government – should lead by example. Show your affection for the Constitution and remove metal detectors and security at the Congress and at the White House. Restricting gun access to both locations is an absolute violation of the 2nd Amendment.
What do these three seemingly unrelated stories have to do with each other? The answer is quite simple. The U.S. economy relies on death to operate. Strum Ruger, Remington Outdoor, and Smith & Wesson all benefited from school massacres with increased sales and profits. BlackRock, Vanguard, Fidelity and others passed some of those returns onto most of the unsuspecting public. From Springfield Armory – named for the 1777 ammunition and arms depot established by George Washington – to Austria's Glock to Russian, Polish, Chinese and Australian manufacturers, the business of arming the world is immense and growing. What gave rise to the proliferation of guns in Central America? Oh, that's right…the Carter and Reagan impulse to spread democracy using a tangled web of Iranian militants, Columbian drug cartels, and gun runners out of Arkansas, Texas and Miami. After pressure from Apple and others, the Dodd-Frank Section 1502 rule compelling companies to audit their metal supply chain to insure it was conflict-free was eviscerated because compliance was "too difficult". And while school children can demand tougher gun laws to restrict access to firearms in the moral outrage inertia in Florida, where are the same protestors when Apple continues its death march across the globe looking for impoverished governments to corrupt and looking for children to put into slave labor? Oh, that's right. They're lining up outside glass cathedrals in shopping malls and in cities across the world breathlessly waiting for their latest phone.
Oh, in case you were wondering, in response to massive community pressure Apple, Google, Microsoft, Signet and Tiffany each "contributed over $100,000 in their last full fiscal year to projects addressing a range of issues include child mining and poor safety standards for miners," according to the Enough Project's 2017 report.
The most recent time I had my encounter with an automatic weapon was on a tiny airstrip on an island north of New Ireland, Papua New Guinea. I was asked by the government to examine the possibility of seeking basic human rights in response to the egregious abuses inflicted on the local communities by an Australian mining company. After holding the airplane door closed across the beautiful sea during our 40-minute flight, we landed on an airstrip and were immediately rushed by armed employees of the mine. They demanded that I leave. I didn't. They approached me with their weapons at the ready. One mercenary walked right up to me, shoved his gun barrel in my abdomen and proceeded to tell me what he was about to do with me. I didn't comply with his demands and, in a rather awkward moment, I realized that we were in an existential spiral that could go only a few ways. I suggested that he probably didn't want to add killing me to the list of things he had done that day and, after a few tense moments, he lowered the gun barrel.
In a world awash with gun-aided violence and intimidation, the recent terror in Florida will soon be lost in the echoes of gun-fire somewhere else in the world. We'll here the gunshots in suburban U.S. neighborhoods. We'll here about Australia's gun ban after the mass shooting it experienced. The U.S., Australia, Europe, China and others may periodically apply the veneer of legislative response over the gaping moral pestilence of industries that couldn't make their profits but for guns and the loss of innocence. But will all lives matter? Will all dead children count? Hell no! Not as long as there's money to be made and the dead are far enough away… and black. Sure, did Australia reduce its citizens' gun ownership? Yes. But did it turn a blind eye as its corporations gunned down workers in the Pacific where the dead weren't middle class whites? Absolutely. Did the U.S. pass an assault weapons ban? Sure. But its companies exported and distributed record amounts of fire arms all the same.
Our persistent unconsidered adoption of consumer electronics and "green" tech is coming at a massive humanitarian cost. While we plug in our cars and text our 140-character morality, we are willfully blind to the lives that we're consuming. And when the focus gets too hot on the DRC and central Africa, we just find another place out of reach for the prying eyes of the inquiring concerned and repeat the carnage there. Take it from someone who has been on the wrong end of M-16s, Kalashnikovs, AK-47s and numerous other weapons and has watched as their masters have been tamed with humanity. If we really want to address the senseless killings in Florida, we need to activate a much larger impulse and make the profiteering on death a social and moral relentless pursuit. Otherwise, we'll just move the carnage to another town and hope that it doesn't hit the news so we can blissfully ignore what we're doing to each other!
Generosity Knows No Need
Alright. This post is a bit different so let's agree to stay with it to the end. Most of the moments of my life pass and I don't pause to deeply reflect on them or assimilate "deeper wisdom" from them. This is not one of those "most moments". This one is special.
I don't know when human relationships started being transactional. And try as I might, I can't for the life of me see a rationale for that behavior. Each day of my existence has been viewed through a simple lens. I exist. I exist in a context made up of others, a plethora of matter and energy, and the sum of all the experiences I and others have had and elect to share in some fashion. And the "doing" of what I do involves perception, activation, design, conscription, action, reaction awareness, synthesis into experience and the cycle starts again. For better or for worse, I don't have a default that includes concepts like approval, permission, or validation as these are, in the end, notions that require the caprice of others – something that I have found largely unhelpful.
Due to my default towards self-directed action, the majority of those in my communities of influence assume that I "have all I need" and "there's nothing that they can do to help." The former is almost true. The latter is patently false. But it's not quite that simple.
The value of the worldview with which I operate is a central understanding that I, and all of us, have ALL. The notion of "need" – the very construct of the impulse that bears that name – is objectively erroneous. We live in a world where abundance is reality and the illusion of "need" is derived from the unequal distribution of, and access to – not to the objective quantity of – anything. (I find it fascinating that our common use of the term "need" has tripled in the last century suggesting that the industrio-consumer illusion is making us less satisfied.) In short, when I do something, I don't "need" anything as it is mine to accomplish the undertaking with the resources and energy I can conscript and engage.
The corollary about nothing to do to help is incorrect. While I've spent most of my life as an opportunity alchemist – in other words, taking what wasn't visible and rendering it accessible and functional – I've done so in an effort to demonstrate the persistent and generative possibility of that mode of action in others. I don't do a thing so that others do it. But I do do things, in part, to demonstrate that they can be done by merely engaging as a conscious being. This distinction is important. The motivation to act in every instance emanates from within an endogenous (internal) process. And the action is not taken for a transactional return. All that said, over the past several decades, I've been deeply saddened by the individuals I've experienced that come to expect benefit, absorb goodness, and neglect activating an equivalent mode of engagement in their own spheres. When people come to expect a benefactor to "just be there" without considering the well-being of that person, resentment arises not from the absence of a transaction but from the neglect to enliven for the benefit of others.
Bottom line: there's Enough to Go Around to quote my friend Chip Duncan's book title.
Two parables in the New Testament of The Bible are wonderful examples of this. The first, from Luke 17:11-19 is the story of 10 sick men who experience a healing. The healer doesn't heal expecting to be thanked. He heals because he perceives the suffering of the men. One, a foreigner, returns to thank the healer. The other nine take and acknowledge nothing. The other story is from Matthew 18:23-34. In this story a debtor is forgiven a large debt by a king. Once forgiven the debtor goes out and finds a servant who owes him money and, rather than perpetuating the mercy he'd just received, forces the servant to pay his debt. Both of these stories (and thousands more) tell of acts of kindness, mercy, goodness, courage or generosity that are done. Not FOR something. They're just done. But the grievous offence is when the recipient of goodness does not then go on to embody and engage the same. Goodness, like Light, just emanates. When it's absorbed or experienced, that's great. But when it doesn't experience a propagation – NOT a reflection – then darkness builds.
Now this is a long way to get to the beginning of this week's post. But you'll see that it was worth the wait in a moment.
Nineteen years ago, a dentist walked into my office with a polymer licensed from a regional university. His aspiration was to use the polymer for the treatment of xerostomia – a painful condition afflicting many of his patients. To his consternation, he learned that the pharmaceutical company selling a highly ineffective treatment for the disorder at exorbitant prices filed and owned a patent blocking a non-pharmaceutical intervention. In other words, the drug company decided to make sure that their drug was the only solution available despite its limited effectiveness. Holding the polymer in my hands, I suggested that the material could be used to cover burns and wounds and do so without harming the healing tissue. The dentist and his business partner left and formed a company which today has healed the wounds of thousands. In 2009 I was asked to develop a strategic product roadmap for the company and suggested a number of products which would address various infectious diseases and other health concerns. One – a means of addressing the proliferation of MRSA – showed some early promise in military medicine.
A few weeks ago, I received a letter. In it I was advised of a new commercial venture that was being considered based on one of my suggestions from a follow-up briefing in 2011. "What would I need," to be involved was the gist of the letter.
Yesterday, the same dentist and his wife came to my office. As we gathered, I expressed my deep gratitude for the fact that this meeting represented the first time that anyone has returned to include me in a commercial idea that I gave them. Billions of dollars have been made on ideas that surfaced from me. This was the first time anyone came back to acknowledge and engage! We sat down and had a deep conversation about the journey from 1999 to the present. We talked about the ups and downs of the two-decade effort to build a company that now serves patients across the country. We talked about the importance of keeping humanity in business. We talked about the distraction and resentment that can come from being overlooked and ignored for the contributions that you make for the benefit of others. We talked about the toll that our innovation ecosystems had placed on our families and relationships. But most of all, we expressed gratitude for the fact that we shared common values about alleviating the physical suffering of people. The greatest reward we both had experienced was the recognition that anonymous beneficiaries had better lives because our lives had intersected, activated and propagated goodness.
As I reflected on the conversation, I realized something quite profound. This unsolicited impulse to re-engage, include, and collaborate ignited within me a strange new spark. The ease with which the strategic roadmap for the new business flowed was effortless. The provisioning for taking the first step to prototype was in place by the time the meeting ended. By being fully human, by sharing a common commitment to hold gratitude as the cornerstone of our interaction, and by integrating whole-of-life conversations – not the B.S. that tries to keep "business" and "personal" apart – we put into motion commercial and social greatness that will keep us going for the next 20 years.
I'm the beneficiary of effervescent goodness. I didn't need it. I didn't want it. But let me tell you what! My life is the better for it. Thank you, Guy and Robin Levy!
It's Not Debt, It's Soviet-Style Central Planning
The last time a President and Congress combined to indebt the country like this year's nearly $1 trillion proposed borrowing was when another President was yelling across the border taunting someone to "Tear Down That Wall!" Funny how times have changed. And above all, funny how those who celebrated Reagan's badgering of the Soviet Union in how it treated its border regions are now those who are clamoring for…what's that??? A wall!
Now, in fairness, it takes a lot of $20 billion walls to blow through a trillion dollars. But as I watched the Super Bowl 52 (well done Philadelphia Eagles!) on my toasty Melbourne Monday afternoon what I found more irritating than the slightly over 2 minutes Tom Brady had at the game's end to pull off a Brady come-back was the drumbeat of ads from the Australian Government in Canberra talking about the $200 billion it plans to spend on the "defense industry" in the next 10 years. You heard that correctly. In a world where civilized economies could be diversifying industries towards the 21st century in fields of health, food sustainability, energy and alternative utilities, the U.S. and its marsupial infested cousin to the South are going into debt to fund future conflict. And before my holier-than-thou readers wag their heads in disapproval about what "others" are funding, let's remember that the Treasury shows that it's "households" that hold $1.345 trillion in Treasuries for their retirement, investment and insurance savings. That's right, to maintain the standard of living that you currently plan to have in your later years, you are funding a tired, conflict fueled behemoth.
Let's unpack this a bit. In our Soviet-style economic planning, we subsidize the industries that we use to define our national interest. In the case of the U.S., no peacetime economy has ever lasted a generation without subsidized conflict. Oh, and by ever, I mean since the 18th century! From DuPont's gunpowder to Raytheon's missiles, we've decided that our 'nation of values' values death and destruction more than any other industry. For the lazy reader, I'm including our obese expenditure on "health care" which spends over 30% of the TOTAL expenditure on the last year of "life". Dying, death, and debt are our national values! And this year, this President and Congress are driving the hearse with NASCAR aggression.
Now, in the case of the U.S., spending enormous sums on military technology, infrastructure and development makes sense. We fight a lot! And many of our policies disenfranchise the majority of the world's population igniting hostilities in various locations. But in the Land Warfare Doctrine of Australia, the last 40 years of deployments for armour have been in Vietnam, Somalia, Timor Leste, Iraq and Afghanistan. With the exception of Timor (strategically important due to the oil and gas revenue "shared" with Australia), none of these conflicts were of strategic importance and none of them were fights that Australia picked. In fact, NATO conflicts account for much of Australia's defense "partnerships". That's right! The NORTH ATLANTIC!!! So when the government announces $200 billion in expenditures in the next 10 years, what precisely is the Australian taxpayer getting for their money? Security? No. They're getting centrally-planned economy financial returns. Defence of Australia (DOA) is not about the continent's security. It's about maintaining global economic ties with certain allies.
If one is to examine the present state of geopolitics, one of the highest probability conflict zones in the near future is the Northern Pacific. Petulance between Washington and Pyongyang could ignite conflagration. But with the inertia of history, conflict between China and the U.S. is highly probable. Australia has 41% of its economic input coming from… uh oh… the wrong geoparadox. Australia's defence doctrine is unapologetic in its U.S. loyalty and its U.S. and European technological subjugation. And when the U.S. and China are in conflict, Australia's defence infrastructure will be pledged to the detriment of its largest customer (4 times more trade with China than the U.S.)!
President Trump's massive debt expansion to subsidize the conflict he sees as inevitable almost makes perverse sense. Australia's military expansion to support that conflict stretches beyond the limits of ludicrous. And while we're at it, China's offensive military capability is more likely to be in the communications and cyber infrastructure arena – not in an arena dominated by planes, submarines, and armour. Is that the spending priority of the Turnbull government? I'm afraid not. In short, in a planned economy, bad decisions make bad industrial and economic policy inevitabilities. In an unplanned, planned economy, $200 billion and the future of a nation are placed in peril. But, never fear, according to the TV ad campaign, it's where the jobs of the future are to be found!
Now back to the real winners. China and emerging economies. While the World War II allies continue their relentless descent into oblivion chasing the armored illusions of a secure past, real leadership is considering a world worth living in. While Western-style economies have war, banking, disease management and electricity as their only levers, other parts of the world are examining alternative industrial futures independent from these legacies. And while classically trained economists run around talking about the Fourth Industrial Revolution fueled by Klaus Schwab and his parka-clad sycophants in Davos, much of the world is seeing the Internet of Things, 3-D, quantum computing virtual as a world not worth pursuing. Rather than looking at gadgets, real leadership is examining emancipation from the impulse that gave rise to the first industrial revolution – namely, the dominion of the few industrialists over the consuming masses. Real markets, real economies, and the potential for actual civilization will not be delivered in a 4th turning. It will be possible when We The People start treating each other with respect and humanity. This could be called the First Human Awakening!
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Superior General Visits With Mazenodian Family In Godfrey and Belleville
By Will Shaw
Superior General Fr. Louis Lougen holds up the Cross of St. Eugene while addressing the employees of the Missionary Association
The Most Rev. Louis Lougen, OMI, Superior General of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate spent a few days in Godfrey, Illinois and nearby Belleville during his recent visit to the United States.
Having arrived in the states around June 1st he spent time in Washington, DC, Lowell and Tewksbury, MA, and Buffalo NY before heading to the Oblate Novitiate in Godfrey, Illinois where he arrived on June 13th.
Novice Master, Bro. Pat McGee, described the General's time in Godfrey: "We were happy to have Fr. Louie with us in the Novitiate community. He was able to join us for Evening Prayer and dinner, to meet with the formation team, preside at Eucharist, and to share with the novices and staff in an informal conversation and Q&A session. One of the highlights was passing around St. Eugene's Oblate Cross, allowing each one time to pray with the Founder's Cross. We keep Fr. Louie in our community prayer and are grateful for his visit."
Interviewed at the Novitiate before heading on to the Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows, Fr. Lougen was asked how it felt to be back in the U.S.: "I have received so much affirmation and support, it's good to be home. I say the world is my home now, but the roots are here."
Asked about his impressions of the U.S. Province after being out of the country for so long, Fr. Lougen said, "I have been mostly in Oblate gatherings so I really haven't seen the mission here. Just before I came to the states, I was in Canada for a meeting. There were Oblates from Canada and the states looking at the future of the region and you know, it was immensely hope-filled. The Oblates have a lot to give to the Church in the U.S. and Canada. The reality is we're aging, we're fewer, but we're very much alive, we have a lot to give to the Church and to the people of God."
"I was in Buffalo (NY) and saw a little bit of the mission there. It's always impressive to see how an old neighborhood – where the churches were emptying out – is now changing with so many immigrants. St. Eugene would be delighted to know that. To see parishes rebound is a beautiful thing."
Fr. Lougen visits with Associates at the dinner. Bro. Tom Ruhmann is on the right and Fr. Andy Knop is in the right rear
On June 14, Fr. General went to the Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows in Belleville to attend a gathering he requested to have with local Oblate Associates. A long-time "booster" of the Oblate Associates, I asked if he retained his enthusiasm which brought an immediate response: "I am extremely enthusiastic! In fact, I recently wrote a letter that got me in trouble: somebody said, You're more enthusiastic about the Associates than you are about the Oblates, you'll have to change that letter, laughed Fr. Lougen. He continued, I use the image of my brother's garden, I called it the "German Garden," everything was in perfect rows, arranged according to height, just really well organized. My sister's garden on the other hand was the opposite, she just threw seeds, you'd have tomatoes mixed with corn, a few sunflowers popping up, just wild abandon. In a sense, the Oblate family is like that, we have so many groups which are an expression of the richness and creativity of the Charism, it's stunning."
Fr. Lougen has Q & A with the Associates
That evening at the Shrine was coordinated locally by the Director of Hispanic Ministry, Fr. Juan Gaspar, with dinner provided by Shrine Director, Fr. Andy Knop. The Oblate Associates from The Shrine and King's House Retreat Center enjoyed socializing with the Superior General, as well as with Fathers Knop, Gaspar, Harold Fisher, and Brother Tom Ruhmann. After dinner, Fr. Lougen gave a short talk where he passed on a greeting and blessing from Pope Francis, then took questions from the Associates.
National Director of Mission Enrichment and Oblate Associates, Geri Furmanek said, "Oblate Associates were very appreciative of some special moments of the visit: the message from the Pope, the blessing with St. Eugene's Oblate Cross (and the opportunity to see and touch it), Fr. General's interest in how the Associate's live the charism in the work they do and the people they encounter. What a privilege to spend such a nice evening together!"
Fr. Lougen points out St. Eugene's name on the Cross to Missionary Association employees, (L-R) Diane Green, Michelle Delfel, Calvin Barton and Michael Winters
On Friday June 15, Fr. Lougen visited with the employees at the Missionary Association in Belleville expressing his appreciation for their efforts raising funds for Oblate ministries around the world. He also took questions and invited the audience to touch the Cross of St. Eugene de Mazenod.
On Saturday, Fr. Lougen was off to San Antonio for a short stay before heading back to Rome and another trip to India at the end of June. Fr. General's next scheduled visit to the U.S. coincides with the U.S. Province Convocation in 2020.


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Why Siri Won't Listen to Millions of People with Disabilities
Speech-recognition systems promise the world. But for more than nine million people with voice ailments, that world is out of reach
By Emily Mullin on May 27, 2016
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Emma Mattes has given up on Siri. No matter how clearly or slowly Mattes speaks, the Apple iPhone's iconic voice-recognition technology has been no help to the 69-year-old woman from Seminole, Fla. She struggles with spasmodic dysphonia, a rare neurological voice disorder that causes involuntary spasms in the vocal cords, producing shaky and unstable speech. Her car's Bluetooth voice system does not understand her either.
Voice interfaces like Siri have now been sold in millions of products ranging from smartphones and Ford vehicles to smart TVs and the Amazon Echo. These systems promise to let people check the weather, lock their house doors, place a hands-free call while driving, record a TV show and buy the latest Beyoncé album with simple voice commands. They tout freedom from buttons and keyboards and promise nearly endless possibilities.
But the glittering new technology cannot be used by more than nine million people in the U.S. with voice disabilities like Mattes nor by stutterers or those afflicted with cerebral palsy and other disorders. "Speech recognizers are targeted at the vast majority of people at that center point on a bell curve. Everyone else is on the edges," explained Todd Mozer, CEO of the Silicon Valley–based company Sensory, which has voice-recognition chips in a variety of consumer products like Samsung Galaxy phones and Bluetooth headsets.
Worse, help for people like Mattes may be a long way off. Although voice recognition is getting more accurate, experts say it is still not very good at recognizing many atypical voices or speech patterns. Researchers are trying to develop more inclusive voice recognizers, but that technology has serious hurdles to overcome.
People on Mozer's "edges" include approximately 4 percent of the U.S. population that had trouble using their voices for one week or longer during the past 12 months because of a speech, language or vocal problem, according to the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders. Dysarthria, which is slow or slurred speech that can be caused by cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis, stroke and a variety of other medical conditions, are part of this spectrum of problems. And the trouble extends worldwide. Cerebral palsy, for instance, affects the speech of Mike Hamill, of Invercargill, New Zealand, who was born with the disease and developed swallowing and throat control difficulties in his 30s. As a result, his speech is often strained and erratic.
People who stutter also have trouble using voice-recognition technology, like automated phone menus, because these systems do not recognize their disjointed speech, says Jane Fraser, president of The Stuttering Foundation of America.
There are other problems, such as vocal cord paralysis or vocal cysts, which tend to be less severe and are usually temporary. But these disorders can still reduce accuracy in speech recognition. For example, in a 2011 study that appeared in Biomedical Engineering Online researchers used a conventional automatic speech-recognition system to compare the accuracy of normal voices and those with six different vocal disorders. The technology was 100 percent correct at recognizing the speech of normal subjects but accuracy varied between 56 and 82.5 percent for patients with different types of voice ailments.
For individuals with severe speech disorders like dysarthria, this technology's word-recognition rates can be between 26.2 percent and 81.8 percent lower than for the general population, according to research published in Speech Communication by Frank Rudzicz, a computer scientist at the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute and assistant professor at the University of Toronto. "There's a lot of variation among people with these disorders, so it's hard to narrow down one model that would work for all of them," Rudzicz says.
This vocal variation is exactly why systems like Siri and Bluetooth have such a hard time understanding people with speech and voice disorders. Around 2012 companies started using neural networks to power voice-recognition products. Neural networks learn from a variety of speech samples and predictable patterns. Intelligent personal assistants like Siri and Google Now were not that robust when they first came out in 2011 and 2012, respectively. But they got better as they acquired more data from many different speakers, Mozer says. Now, these systems can do a lot more. Many companies boast an 8 percent or less word error rate, says Shawn DuBravac, chief economist and senior director of research at the Consumer Technology Association.
Amazon Echo, which became widely available in June 2015, has a voice recognizer called Alexa that is targeted to perform specific functions such as fetching news from local radio stations, accessing music streaming services and ordering merchandise on Amazon. The device also has voice controls for alarms and timers as well as shopping and to-do lists. Over time Amazon has been adding more functions.
But the nature of speech and vocal disabilities is that they produce random and unpredictable voices, and voice-recognition systems cannot identify patterns to train on. Apple and Amazon declined to address this problem directly when asked to comment, but said via email that, in general, they intend to improve their technology. Microsoft, which developed the speech-recognition personal assistant Cortana, said via a spokesperson that the company strives to be "intentionally inclusive of everyone from the beginning" when designing and building products and services.
To find solutions, companies and researchers have looked to lip-reading, which has been used by some deaf and hard of hearing people for years. Lip-reading technology could provide additional data to make voice recognizers more accurate, but these systems are still in their early stages. At the University of East Anglia in England, computer scientist Richard Harvey and his colleagues are working on lip-reading technology that spells out speech when voice recognition is not enough to determine what a person is saying. "Lip-reading alone will not make you able to deal with speech disability any better. But it helps because you get more information," Harvey says.
Some products and systems might be more amenable to learning unusual voices, researchers say. A bank's voice-automated customer service phone system or a car's hands-free phone system have limited vocabularies—so hypothetically, Harvey says it would be easier to build a set of algorithms that recognize different versions and pronunciations for a fixed set of words. But these systems still use some unique words like the user's name, which have to be learned.
Another possibility is that devices could have the ability to ask clarifying questions to users when their voice-recognition systems do not immediately understand them, DuBravac says.
Better-designed neural networks could eventually be part of the solution for people with speech disabilities—it is just a matter of having enough data. "The more data that becomes available, the better this technology is going to get," Mozer says. That is starting to happen already with different languages and accented speech. According to Apple, Siri has so far learned 39 languages and language variants.
But as this technology in its current state becomes more embedded in our daily lives, researchers such as Rudzicz warn that multitudes of people with speech and vocal problems will be excluded from connected "smart" homes with voice-activated security systems, light switches and thermostats, and they might not be able to use driverless cars. "These individuals need to be able to participate in our modern society," he says. So far, attempts by tech companies to include them are little more than talk.
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Lorne Abony (born August 26, 1969) is a Canadian businessman, currently the CEO of FastForward Innovations, Ltd, a venture capital  firm.

Life and career

Abony was born and raised in Toronto. After graduating from the University of Windsor law school in 1994, Abony practiced corporate and securities law at the Toronto firm Aird & Berlis. In his role as CEO and founder of a number of successful ventures, Abony has raised over C$1.3 billion through the public and private debt and equity markets, including over $100 million for Petopia.com, $190 million for FUN Technologies and over $820 million for Mood Media.

He is also the founder of EdTech companies Vemo Education and Schoold and currently serves on Vemo's board as Non Executive Chairman.  Abony previously owned the Orange County Breakers, a professional sports franchise which competes in World TeamTennis.

Abony is the former CEO of Mood Media Corporation, a public company listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the London Stock Exchange.  He co-founded FUN Technologies in 2001 and in 2004 as CEO of FUN became the youngest CEO of a listed company on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX). Additionally, Abony is a tennis player and is a former member of the Competition Committee of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).

Abony was named CEO of FastForward Innovations, Ltd. on January 27, 2016.

Petopia.com

In January 1998, Abony founded and served as the initial president of the online pet-supply business Paw.net in San Francisco. The company, which was eventually renamed Petopia.com, grew to 200 full-time employees within two years and raised over $114 million in financing. Petopia.com was sold to Petco in 2001.

FUN Technologies
In 2002, Abony co-founded Columbia Exchange Systems Software PLC with Andrew Rivkin after the two raised C$1.8 million from initial investors. Later renamed FUN Technologies, Abony became the company's CEO and the largest individual shareholder. In 2003, FUN completed an IPO on the London Stock Exchange raising over $11 million. Soon after, FUN listed its shares on the TSX raising over $56 million from a group of investors including Fidelity Investments, AGF Management and the Ontario Teachers Pension Fund. FUN became one of the fastest growing companies on the TSX and in three years raised over $160 million in five rounds of equity financing. FUN and its subsidiaries acquired seven businesses during Abony's tenure as CEO, including SkillJam Technologies Corporation, Don Best Sports, Fanball Interactive LLC, Octopi Inc., Teagames, WorldWinner Inc. and Fantasy Sports Inc.

The Meridian, Colorado-based Liberty Media acquired a majority interest in FUN Technologies stock in 2005. Liberty Media purchased the rest of FUN Technologies in late 2007. The company was valued at nearly C$500 million at the time of its final sale to Liberty Media.

Orange County Breakers
Abony was the owner of the Orange County Breakers for three seasons, selling the team in February 2017. The Breakers is one of eight professional tennis teams in World TeamTennis, the professional tennis league co-founded by Billie Jean King in 1974.

Mood Media
Abony is the former CEO of Mood Media Corporation ("Mood Media"). Mood Media provides in-store media to over 575,000 locations worldwide, including clients such as McDonald's, Gucci, H&M, Abercrombie & Fitch, Nike, Hilton Hotel and AT&T. Mood Media has offices in 48 countries employs over 2,700 employees and plays over 115 million songs and 10 million on-hold and on-premise messages daily.
In 2011 Mood Media was named Canada's fastest growing company by Profit.
Mood Media currently has a market cap value of approximately $176 million.

In January 2013, Abony was featured in the CBS series Undercover Boss.

Green Dot (German: Der Grüne Punkt) Duales System Deutschland GmbH (DSD)

Abony was part of the private equity syndicate that acquired Der Grüne Punkt (The Green Dot) "DSD" from Kohlberg Kravis Roberts in 2011. Abony sits on the board of DSD and is one of its largest shareholders. DSD was founded in 1990 and was the first company to introduce a dual take-back system in Germany, in response to the Packaging Ordinance & Waste Act. The Green Dot is the license symbol of a European network of industry-funded systems for recycling the packaging materials of consumer goods. The logo is trademark protected worldwide. DSD employs 247 people in Germany, and is considered the largest dual take-back systems provider in Europe. In 2009, DSD recovered approximately 2.75 million tons of sales packaging, saved 60 billion megajoules of energy and reduced CO2 emissions (and its equivalents) by 1.5 million tons. According to Reuters, DSD a former non-profit organization, had 2009 sales of 684 million euros.

Education, academia and awards
Abony earned an MBA from Columbia Business School, an LL.B/J.D. from the International Law Center at the University of Windsor and a B.A. from McGill University. He is a recipient of Canada's Top 40 Under 40 award and an Ambassador for the Province of New Brunswick and in 2006 was a recipient of the University of Windsor's Odyssey award.

Tennis

ATP
In August 2012, Abony was selected as one of two Players Representatives to sit on the newly formed 6-member Competition Committee of the ATP. The Competition Committee is composed of distinguished members of the international tennis community including former Wimbledon champion Richard Krajicek. The Competition Committee was created to "explore new and creative ideas for enhancing the competition and presentation of the sport."

Competitive tennis
Abony is a competitive tennis player. He was a member of the Team Canada men's tennis team  which competed in the 2009 Maccabiah Games in Israel.  He also competes in both the ITF and USTA men's over-40 divisions in both the state and national level in both singles and doubles. Abony's doubles' partner in the men's over-40 category is Jared Palmer, formerly the world #1-ranked doubles player and Wimbledon and Australian Open doubles champion. As of July 3, 2012, Abony, along with tennis partner Jared Palmer, is ranked #2 in the USTA's National Men's over-40 Team Doubles rankings.

In March 2014, Abony and doubles partner Robert Kendrick reached the finals of the USTA National Hardcourt Championships in the men's over 30 category .

In June 2014, Abony and doubles partner Robert Kendrick won the USTA National Indoor Championship in the men's over 35 category.

References

1969 births
Businesspeople from Toronto
Canadian chief executives
Jewish Canadian sportspeople
Columbia Business School alumni
Competitors at the 2009 Maccabiah Games
Living people
McGill University alumni
University of Windsor alumni
Lawyers in Ontario
Canadian media executives
20th-century Canadian philanthropists
21st-century Canadian businesspeople
University of Windsor Faculty of Law alumni
Participants in American reality television series
21st-century Canadian philanthropists

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200 F. 2d 72 - Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
200 F2d 72 Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
52-2 USTC P 9553
COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE
GOLONSKY.
Nos. 10751, 10752.
United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.
Argued Nov. 3, 1952.
Decided Nov. 28, 1952.
Morton K. Rothschild, Washington, D.C. (Ellis N. Slack, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., A. F. Prescott, Sp. Asst. to Atty. Gen., on the brief), for petitioners.
Harry Yohlin, Philadelphia, Pa. (Edward N. Polisher, Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for respondent.
Before MARIS, GOODRICH and HASTIE, Circuit Judges.
GOODRICH, Circuit Judge.
These two cases involve no issue of fact and but a single issue in tax law. The problem is simply stated as follows:
A tenant in possession of premises under a lease, upon receipt of payment by the landlord, and pursuant to an agreement made with the landlord, 'vacated and surrendered the premises'1 before the data at which the lease expired. Is the money received by the tenant for getting out of the premises and turning them over to the landlord before the expiration date of the lease the product of a 'sale or exchange' so as to allow the tenant to pay an income tax upon capital gain only under section 117 of the Internal Revenue Code?2 The Tax Court gave an affirmative answer. 1951, 16 T.C. 1450. The Commissioner appeals.
The scope for our consideration is narrowed by two lines of authority, First, if the tenant had transferred his lease to a third party at a profit, the resulting gain would be subject to the capital gains tax if other conditions were complied with Sutliff v. Commissioner, 1942, 46 B.T.A. 446.
The second line of cases, existence of which is grudgingly admitted by the Commissioner, holds that where a life tenant transfers his interest in a trust to the remainderman, this is a transfer of a capital asset and any profit thereon is to be taxed as a capital gain. Bell's Estate v. Commissioner, 8 Cir., 1943, 137 F.2d 454; McAllister v. Commissioner, 2 Cir., 1946, 157 F.2d 235, certiorari denied, 1947, 330 U.S. 826, 67 S.Ct. 864, 91 L.Ed. 1276; Allen v. First National Bank and Trust Co., 5 Cir., 1946, 157 F.2d 592, certiorari denied, 1947, 330 U.S. 828, 67 S.Ct. 868, 91 L.Ed. 1277.
Why then is a transfer of a leasehold interest by a tenant to a landlord not a 'sale?' To call the transaction a cancellation or termination of a lease and not a sale is, we think, to assume the point to be decided. Undoubtedly, there is a cancellation of the lease when the tenants voluntarily surrender the premises to a landlord in accordance with an agreement, but the fact that the cancellation occurs does not negative the fact that the transaction may constitute a sale. A lease is certainly property,3 although it admittedly is not an estate of freehold as that term was used in the common law pertaining to real estate. This property was transferred by the then owner to another for a stipulated price which was paid. That would seem to constitute a sale unless there is some limiting requirement that nothing can be sold except a tangible chattel, which is not the case.4
There is a case from the District of Columbia which says that a cancellation of a lease is not a 'sale or exchange'. United Cigar-Whelan Stores Corp. v. District of Columbia, 1949, 85 U.S.App.D.C. 301, 176 F.2d 952. The question arose under the District of Columbia income tax act and, therefore, is not a decision under the federal income tax law. With due deference we disagree with the court in that case, as did the Tax Court here.
The Commissioner makes much of the point that section 117 does not mention the giving up of a lease by a tenant as a category of 'sale or exchange'. We are not impressed by this argument. If the transaction fits the legal requirements for a sale, we see no reason for specific mention of it among a list classifying as a sale that which would not ordinarily be regarded as such a transaction.
Hort v. Commissioner, 1941, 313 U.S. 28, 61 S.Ct. 757, 85 L.Ed. 1168, was cited by the Tax Court and is cited by both parties here. That case held that an amount received by a lessor in consideration of a cancellation of a lease of real estate is to be taxed as ordinary income for it 'involved nothing more than relinquishment of the right to future rental payments in return for a present substitute payment and possession of the leased premises.' 313 U.S. at page 32, 61 S.Ct. at page 759, 85 L.Ed. 1168. The taxpayer in this case did not receive money for anything except his willingness to give up his right to possession and enjoyment of the premises until the completion of the term. The situation here is quite different from that in the Hort case.
We think the Tax Court was right and its decision will be affirmed.
1 This language is taken from a stipulation entered into between the Taxpayers and the Commissioner.
2 26 U.S.C. § 117(b): 'In the case of a taxpayer, other than a corporation, only the following percentages of the gain or loss recognized upon the sale or exchange of a capital asset shall be taken into account in computing net capital gain, net capital loss, and net income: * * * 50 per centum if the capital asset has been held for more than 6 months.'
3 See the definition of 'property' in Restatement, Property, Chapter 1, Introductory Note, as denoting 'legal relations between persons with respect to a thing.' The Board of Tax Appeals has consistently held that a lease is property and that therefore an amount paid by a lessor to a lessee for surrender of the leasehold is not deductible as an ordinary business expense, but only as a capital expenditure recoverable over the life of the lease acquired. Borland v. Commissioner, 1933, 27 B.T.A. 538; Business Real Estate Trust of Boston v. Commissioner, 1932, 25 B.T.A. 191; Bretzfelder v. Commissioner, 1930, 21 B.T.A. 789; Miller v. Commissioner, 1928, 10 B.T.A. 383.
4 It is no longer open to doubt that intangible property may be the subject of a sale, e.g., good will (Williston on Contracts § 412, § 1640 (Rev.Ed. 1937)), choses in action (Williston on Sales, § 145 (Rev.Ed. 1948)). It is also unquestionable that 'sale or exchange' in § 117 of the Internal Revenue Code comprehends intangible property. Jones v. Corbyn, 10 Cir., 1950 , 186 F.2d 46 , (cancellation of exclusive agency contract held sale of capital asset); Starr Bros. v. Commissioner, 1952, 18 T.C. No. 21 (semble); Ray v. Commissioner, 1952, 18 T.C. No. 52 (lessee's release to lessor of a restrictive covenant in the lease held sale of a capital asset).


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"The Bacchae" Free Summer Theater With The Classical Theatre Of Harlem
The Classical Theatre of Harlem (Ty Jones, Producing Artistic Director) presents "The Bacchae" inspired by Bryan Doerries' new version of Euripides' classic Greek tragedy. Back for its seventh season of free theater performances and affectionately known as the "Uptown Shakespeare in the Park," the Classical Theatre of Harlem (CTH) is thrilled to return to Marcus Garvey Park this summer presenting a work that continues the company's investigation of the current political and social climate via the Greek classics.
Set in the modern era, Dionysus (God of wine and ecstasy) returns to his hometown in order to clear his mother's name and punish the insolent city for not allowing its citizens to worship him. The clash between Dionysus played as a modern-day rock star and his cousin Pentheus, the uncompromising and moralistic king of the city, examines the consequences of a general public that blindly follows two vastly different leaders. Dionysus represents unbridled freedom and excess while on the other end of the spectrum, Pentheus epitomizes excessive law, order and rigidity. As society slides into fear and tribalism, its citizen's rationale becomes clouded as they blindly take orders and pick sides rather than seek moderation and rationality.
CTH's interpretation is a lush and modern version of the classic Greek tragedy that tackles the ills of a culture obsessed with celebrity worship, social media and fear of the other, causing people to lose the ability to see the truth — that people in power are fallible…until it's far too late.
An updated version that is suitable for older children (10 and up), CTH's adaptation of "The Bacchae" accomplishes a fidelity to the original while giving the company the flexibility to showcase the ways in which ancient ideas have taken center stage in the current political and social climate. Calling on the cultural landscape of African American traditions, while adhering to the Greek tragic form, this fresh reimagining of the classic story will captivate, stun and inspire audiences from all backgrounds.
The company of "The Bacchae" includes Jason C. Brown (as Dionysus; The Misanthrope, Duchess of Malfi). The ensemble features choreography by Tiffany Rea-Fisher (Artistic Director of Elisa Monte Dance) and is performed by dancers from Elisa Monte Dance.
" 'The Bacchae' is the perfect play to reflect our current political and social atmosphere. Styled like a Quentin Tarantino film with comedic, absurd, tragic, and musical components, this work brings to the forefront ancient ideas that are still relevant to contemporary society" said Carl Cofield, Director of "The Bacchae."
"What I applaud about Greek plays is that they are unafraid to question everything we value – including life. This new version of 'The Bacchae' by Bryan Doerries gives us insight into the tension between living our lives by extreme authoritarian order or indulging in extreme pleasure. We are living in an era where broad, unique distinctions are being made about identity in direct contrast to authoritarian efforts to minimize individualism. This story tells us that the result of either of these extremes leads to consequences from which there is no return." – Ty Jones, Producing Artistic Director of The Classical Theatre of Harlem.
Carl Cofield is a New York-based, award-winning director and actor. He directed the award-winning world premiere of "One Night in Miami" ( Huffington Post "Best of L.A. 2013," N.A.A.C.P., L.A. Drama Critics Circle and others) for Rogue Machine Theater, Denver Center Theatre and Miami New Drama. NYC directing credits include: The 50th anniversary revival of "The Dutchman" (AUDELCO nominee for Best Director), "Antigone," and "Macbeth" for The Classical Theatre of Harlem. Regional credits include: "Twelfth Night" at Yale Repertory Theater. "A Raisin in the Sun " at Two River Theater Company. "Henry IV" part 2 at Oregon Shakespeare Festival, "Disgraced" at Denver Center, and "The Mountaintop" at Cleveland PlayHouse.
As an actor, his work has been seen at The Manhattan Theater Club ("Ruined"), Berkeley Rep, Alliance, Arena Stage, The Shakespeare Theater, Intiman, Actors Theater of Louisville, Shakespeare Santa Cruz, Milwaukee Rep, Alabama Shakespeare, The McCarter, The Acting Company, The Studio Theatre and many others.
The Classical Theatre of Harlem (CTH) is an American theatre company that tells stories as seen through the lens of the African diaspora and does work that honors the cultural legacy of the neighborhood in which it was founded: Harlem. CTH combines original adaptations, music, and dance to present great classics of world literature as well as contemporary works that will stand the test of time while being truly reflective of the diversity of ideas and racial tapestry that is America. Since its founding in 1999, CTH has presented works ranging from traditional classical playwrights (Anton Chekhov, Euripides, and William Shakespeare ), to established 20th-century playwrights (August Wilson , Langston Hughes, and Jean Genet) to new plays by emerging playwrights. CTH also proudly provides theater-based training and live theater experiences to Harlem youth and their families through its arts education program, Project Classics. The organization engages new audiences, provides artistic development of new work, and gives exposure to emerging playwrights with its free reading series: Future Classics and Playwrights' Playground.
Major support for CTH is provided by Axe-Houghton Foundation, The Braugher Family, Casement Fund, Coalition of Theatres of Color, The Columbus Foundation, ConEdison, The Cultural Immigrant Initiative, Dorris Duke Charitable Foundation, Douglas & Paige Armentrout, Ford Foundation, Google, Harlem Community Development Corporation, Howard Gilman Foundation, Jarvis & Constance Doctorow Family Foundation, L & N Andreas Foundation, Luther & Deborah Ragin, National Endowment for the Arts, New York Community Trust, NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, NYC Department of Parks & Recreation, NYSCA, The Office of Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, The Office of NYC Councilmember Bill Perkins, The Office of NYC Councilmember Mark Levine, Robert & Mercedes Eichholz Foundation, SHS Foundation, and Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone.
Free, Saturday, July 6th-28th, 2019, 8:30 pm ET
Tickets: FREE to the general public, no reservations required.
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The Classical Theatre of Harlem's production of "The Bacchae" will be showing at:
The Richard Rodgers Amphitheater at Marcus Garvey Park, 18 Mt Morris Park W, New York, NY 10027 (Enter the park at 124th Street & Fifth Avenue and walk south to the venue), http://www.cthnyc.org.
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